Feedback-type SNS user information communicativity scoring server

ABSTRACT

A scoring server makes it possible for a provider of advertising or other content to arbitrarily search for an influencer who is suited to a promotion and to easily control target numbers or target conditions, and is capable of making effects and results from distribution of the promotion feedback into impact and information communicativity and improving precision. This server is connected by a network to a subscriber terminal, an SNS server, and a content provision terminal. Said server: communicates with the SNS server and creates a score of a subscriber&#39;s information communicativity; provides content to the subscriber terminal which has been provided from the content provision terminal; and re-creates the score using an action history with respect to the SNS server in relation to the content of the subscriber terminal, and the response to the actions, as feedback elements.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a computing technology which calculatesand measures an information communicativity of a user of a socialnetworking service (hereafter referred to as SNS) by an algorithm, andafter giving a score, filters users based on a user's registrationinformation and the score, and provides various promotions fromadvertisers to a user, e.g., offers (eating and drinking, events,travels, sales, etc.) with a benefit.

BACKGROUND ART

As well known, many Internet users post their events using SNS. SNS hasa strong propagation power in which it is followed by a user'sacquaintances and spreads information, and the user with many followershas high information communicativity and influence.

Focusing on this information communicativity, technologies and servicesthat are utilized for advertisement and promotion with a network havealso been devised, and they are called influencer marketing. Postings byusers with high information communicativity are expected to spread thepromotion widely through word-of-mouth reviews by followers.

For example, an advertisement providing method and system foreffectively advertising to users on SNS by deriving characteristics ofusers whom advertisers wish to target and creating scores is known(refer to Patent literature 1). In the advertisement providing methodand system disclosed in the above Patent literature 1, the influence isscored based on the activity level of the users and the acquaintancerelationships, so that advertisement distribution price is set higherfor users with high influence than users with low influence.

Also known is a campaign method that causes word-of-mouth reviews byeliciting mutual remarks on campaigns between influencers and othersubscribers (refer to Patent literature 2). This is to set thresholdsfor influence scores so that influential users who are allowed toparticipate in the campaign can distribute benefits to acquaintances.

Further, an influencer extracting apparatus, a method, and a program forextracting influencers from among users in social media are known (referto Patent literature 3). This is to digitize the spread of writteninformation between users, extract influential users, and transmitwritten information.

However, neither the advertisement providing method and system disclosedin Patent literature 1, the campaign method disclosed in Patentliterature 2, nor the influencer extracting apparatus, method andprogram disclosed in Patent literature 3 has a mechanism for re-creatingthe score. So there is the problem that an advertisement reflectinginterests, concerns, and behavioral characteristics can't besufficiently performed.

PRIOR ART Patent Literature

[Patent literature 1] JP 2014-29726 A

[Patent literature 2] JP 2014-38547 A

[Patent literature 3] JP 5588292 B

OUTLINE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention

In conventional services, providers of content such as advertisementscould not easily control the number and conditions of targets byarbitrarily narrowing down influencers that match the promotionaccording to their interests, concerns, and behavior characteristics. Inaddition, it was impossible to improve the precision by feeding back theeffects, and the influence of the results, of informationcommunicativity after distributing the promotion.

Also, by using conventional services, it is possible to distributeadvertisements for specific SNS users with high influence and highinformation communicativity and offer benefits. But it is impossible foradvertisers to easily control the number of targets and targetconditions as desired by narrowing down the influencers matching thepromotion. In addition, it was impossible to improve the precision byfeeding back the effect and the result to the informationcommunicativity after distributing the promotion.

In view of such a situation, the present invention aims to provide ascoring server with which it is possible for a provider of advertisingor other content to arbitrarily search for an influencer who is suitedto a promotion and to easily control target numbers or targetconditions, and which is capable of making effects and results followingthe distribution of the promotion feed back to impact informationcommunicativity and improve precision.

Means to Solve the Objects

In order to achieve the above objects, the scoring server according tothe present invention is connected by a network to a subscriberterminal, an SNS server, and a content provision terminal, and theserver communicates with the SNS server and creates a score of asubscriber's information communicativity, and the server providescontent to the subscriber terminal which has been provided from thecontent provision terminal. The server re-creates the score with anaction history with respect to the SNS server in relation to the contentof the subscriber terminal and the response to the action history asfeedback elements. Here, the subscriber terminal is a terminal used byusers who are provided contents, and the SNS server is a server thatmanages the SNS. Also, the content provision terminal is a terminal usedby users who provide contents, and specifically, for example, a terminalused by an advertiser offering benefits.

According to the scoring server of the present invention, theinformation communicativity of users using a SNS is scored. The contentprovider such as an advertiser filters target users based on theregistered information and score of the user. The scoring serverprovides the user benefit offers (foods, events, travel, merchandise,etc.). Also, by reporting the user's action history and responses onbehaviors after benefit offers to the content provider, and re-creatingscores regarding the information communicativity, contents provisionthat is more suitable for the customer's interests, concerns andbehavioral characteristics is possible.

Here, the score is calculated based on at least one of: a number offriends of the subscriber, a number of followers of the subscriber, aposting amount, a posting frequency, and a number of responses in one ormore SNS services provided by the SNS server. Here, the number offriends refers to the number of those who have been approved as friendsbetween users, and the number of followers is the number of users set ina state wherein their posts and the like can be seen. In addition, thenumber of responses means a number of comments, a number of tweets, anumber of shares, a number that expressed “Like!”, and so on.

Also, the action history comprises preferably an access operationincluding posting and sharing action to the SNS server, and the one ormore responses to the action are reaction operations including friendsor followers of the subscriber communicating to the SNS server throughone or more of: browsing, inputting comments, and sharing actions. Here,the action history includes statements of “Like!”, Tweets and so on. Inaddition, a response to the action includes expressions of “Like!”,actions by subscriber terminals related to the provided contents to theSNS server, retweets, and so on.

In the scoring server according to the present invention, the score iscalculated based on actions during a predetermined period in the past.The predetermined period of time is, for example, 10 days, 30 days, ahalf year, 1 year, or the like.

In the scoring server according to the present invention, re-creatingthe score preferably comprises performing a calculation based on anumber of responses to the subscriber's actions of posting from thesubscriber terminals to the SNS service which is provided by the SNSserver.

In the scoring server according to the present invention, re-creatingthe score preferably comprises performing a calculation usinginformation obtained from a questionnaire about the content provided tothe subscriber terminal. By using not only behaviors toward the SNSserver, but also employing questionnaire information transmitted to thescoring server, it is possible to realize scoring with higher precision.

In the scoring server according to the present invention, re-creatingthe score is preferably calculated with using a presence or absence ofbrowsing action of the subscriber terminal with respect to contents.More accurate scoring becomes possible by using not only actions towardthe SNS server but also data on the presence or absence of browsing actssent to the scoring server.

In the scoring server according to the present invention, the contentprovision terminal preferably filters the subscriber providing thecontent based on the subscriber registration information and the scorecalculated. Here, the subscriber registration information includes notonly the registration information that the subscriber has transmitted tothe scoring server, but also the registration information and the usagesituation in the SNS server transmitted from the SNS server used by thesubscriber to the scoring server (the number of posts etc.).

In the scoring server according to the present invention, re-creatingthe score preferably includes re-calculating for each category type,going to the past for a predetermined period set for each category typeof the content. For example, in the case of categories of eating anddrinking and traveling, it is considered that travel categories need toemploy data of longer period than those for eating/drinking, and thus alonger predetermined period such as several months is set andrecalculation can be performed.

In the scoring server according to the present invention, re-creatingthe score is able to use category strengths for each category type asparameters of scoring. Here, the category strength represents theinterest, concern and behavioral characteristics of subscribers asparameters by displaying the total number of SNS responses for eachcategory, or displaying the ratio of SNS responses for each category inthe total responses of a certain user.

Category strength for each category type is multiplied by feedbackfactors other than category strength, so that scoring with higheraccuracy becomes possible.

For example, when scoring by a feedback element other than categorystrength is set as general scoring, and when a subscriber B beingevaluated as having high information communicativity but having lowinterest/concern about a category “travel” and a subscriber C beingevaluated as having low information communicativity but having highinterest/concern about a category “travel” are compared withoutconsidering the parameter about category intensity, the subscriber Bbeing evaluated as having high information communicativity in generalscoring becomes evaluated as a subscriber being more fit to contentsprovision. However, when the parameters of the category intensity aretaken into account and the target is narrowed down for the provision ofthe contents relating to “travel”, the subscriber C could be evaluatedas more suitable for providing contents. Further, the subscriber B maybe evaluated as a subscriber more suitable for contents provision,depending on the numerical values of the parameters of the subscribers Band C.

In the scoring server according to the present invention, the content isan advertisement content, and the scoring server may provide subscriberregistration information and the score to the content provisionterminal, and the scoring server transmits the benefit offer contentprovided by the content provision terminal to the subscriber terminalfiltered by the content provision terminal. Here, the advertisementcontent is not limited to those that clearly indicate that it is anadvertisement, but the advertisement content refers to those having anadvertisement effect in a broad sense. The benefit offer content refersto the benefit to be presented to the subscriber from the advertiser,specifically, such as a discount service or free ticket offering.

In the scoring server according to the present invention, the scoringserver may calculate the score, when the SNS service provided by the SNSserver does not disclose the data for calculating the subscriber'sinformation communicativity, by automatically visiting the SNS site ofthe subscriber, and by reading text data, and by extracting at leasteither a number of followers, a number of friends, a posting amount, aposting frequency, or a number of responses. By automatically visitingthe subscriber's SNS site and reading the text data, it becomes possibleto perform scoring even when the SNS service used by the subscriber doesnot disclose calculation data. Note that the evaluation value here iscalculated based on the calculation data, and the calculation datarefers to at least one of the subscriber's follower, the number offriends, the posted amount, the posting frequency, and the number ofcomments. However, it is also possible to calculate the evaluation valueby using information other than these calculation data, for example,using information directly registered by the subscriber on the scoringserver or subscriber information on other SNS services.

In the scoring server according to the present invention, the scoringserver may read the web page of a follower automatically by tracing thesubscriber's follower link and extracting data for calculating thesubscriber's information communicativity. By following the link of thesubscriber's follower, scoring with higher accuracy becomes possible.Here, the calculation data means the number of shares for subscribers'postings, the number of comments to subscribers, and the like.

In the scoring server according to the present invention, the scorecalculated may be provided in accordance with requests from an externalserver. Since the score can be provided in response to the request of anexternal server, the convenience of the user desiring to be providedwith the content can be improved.

In the scoring server according to the present invention, a parameter ofcategory strength for each category type may be provided in accordancewith requests from an external server. By being able to provide theparameter of the category strength for each category type in response tothe request of the external server, it is possible to improve theconvenience of the user who wants to be provided with the contentaccording to the category strength.

In the scoring server according to the present invention, the scoringserver may transmit a dedicated code generated according to subscriberregistration information composed of tags or alphanumeric characters tothe subscriber terminal, and when there are inquiry requests from othercomputers, the scoring server responds with the score of the subscribercorresponding to the dedicated code, and causes other computers to showthe score of the subscriber by communicating using the tag.

In a processing method of the scoring server according to the presentinvention, the method suitable to be performed in an environment whichincludes a server that is connected by a network to a subscriberterminal, an SNS server, and a content provision terminal, the methodcomprises the following steps.

1) a step of communicating with the SNS server and creating a score of asubscriber's information communicativity.

2) a step of providing content to the subscriber terminal using contentwhich has been provided from the content provision terminal.

3) a step of re-creating the score with an action history with respectto the SNS server in relation to the content of the subscriber terminaland the response to the action as feedback elements.

A processing program of the scoring server causes a computer to executeeach step of the processing method of the scoring server.

In the scoring server according to the present invention, the scoringserver is connected by a network to a subscriber terminal, an SNSserver, and a content provision terminal, and the scoring servercomprises the following means.

1) a means of communicating with the SNS server and creating a score ofa subscriber's information communicativity.

2) a means of providing content to the subscriber terminal which hasbeen provided from the content provision terminal.

3) a means of re-creating the score using an action history with respectto the SNS server in relation to the content of the subscriber terminal,and the response to the action history, as feedback elements.

Means for solving the problem above is shown specifically in thefollowing (1) to (17).

(1) It is a computing method implemented in a server system thatmeasures and scores the subscriber's information communicativity in theSNS, and transmits a benefit offer.

(2) Subscriber information such as an address, a work place, age, sex,ID and a password can be acquired and registered in the database andlinked with the scoring server.

(3) In the present system, the scoring server communicates with the APIof the SNS, and the API and database of the Internet service used by theuser, and saves the activity record including at least the posting foreach user and the response from other users.

(4) The system periodically tabulates the saved behavior records andobtains subscriber's aggregate data including the number of postings inthe most recent predetermined period and the number of responses ofother subscribers for each subscriber.

(5) The present system periodically executes a process of scoring thesubscriber's information communicativity based on aggregated data bysubscriber.

(6) The scoring process uses the number of friends and followers as ascore-up factor, the number of posts as a score-up factor, and thenumber of responses as a score-up factor. The score associated with thesubscriber ID is determined by an algorithm such as a score-up elementthat the number of days from the final post day until the current day isshort.

(7) The advertiser can register benefit offer content from the scoringsystem advertiser management screen.

(8) The advertiser can narrow down the benefit offer acquirer on thecondition of subscriber information/scoring from the scoring serveradvertiser management screen.

(9) The benefit offer can be sent electronically to the subscribersnarrowed down by the advertiser.

(10) The scoring server communicates with the offer transmission servicesystem and the API of the SNS, the subscriber participates in thebenefit offer, posts, and saves the reaction record of the individualsubscriber including at least the number of responses.

(11) The advertiser can view the result data of the sent benefit offeron the scoring system advertiser management screen.

(12) The present system executes reevaluation processing of scoring ofthe subscriber's information communicativity based on thesubscriber-by-subscriber reaction data for each benefit offer.

(13) When the SNS for acquiring the subscriber data of (3) above doesnot disclose the API, a bot (“robot”) in cooperation with the scoringserver visits the subscriber's SNS site and reads the text data.

(14) Extract the subscriber's information communicativity data from thetext data.

(15) The robot follows the link of the subscriber's followers, reads thepages of the followers, and extracts secondary informationcommunicativity data.

(16) A subscriber can install dedicated codes consisting of tags andalphanumeric characters capable of displaying his/her own score at asubscriber page of a participating social network or can input at log-ininformation of the Internet service site to be utilized, and tags todisplay a user's score are acquired by communicating with a scoringserver.

(17) Calculate the score of the promotion ability by category of theuser who participated in the promotion.

Effects of the Invention

According to the scoring server of the present invention, it is possiblethat the advertiser targets consumers with high informationcommunicativity, which is assumed to be based on the informationcommunicativity of SNS, in addition to the attribute of consumers, andperforms promotion distribution. According to the present invention,there is an expected effect that the cost effectiveness can beremarkably raised by effect of the secondary information diffusion, witha focus on consumers with high communicativity as promotional targets.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a scoring server according toEmbodiment 1.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram of the scoring server accordingto Embodiment 1.

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of the scoring server of Embodiment 1 fromsubscriber registration to data collection and creating scores.

FIG. 4 is an image diagram of a subscriber registration view in asubscriber terminal.

FIG. 5 is an example of subscriber registration data.

FIG. 6 is a user posting view, in which (1) shows an evaluationquestionnaire input view, and (2) shows a share view.

FIG. 7 is an example of basic scoring data for informationcommunicativity.

FIG. 8 is a functional explanatory diagram of the scoring serveraccording to Embodiment 1.

FIG. 9 is a flow chart of the scoring server of Embodiment 1 from anoffer registration to disclosure and application.

FIG. 10 is a view showing an advertiser offer registration data.

FIG. 11 is an example of an advertiser offer creation view (setting ofbenefit contents to offer).

FIG. 12 is an example of an advertiser offer creation view (setting oftarget filtering).

FIG. 13 is a view showing a subscriber's offer.

FIG. 14 is a view showing a subscriber's offer application.

FIG. 15 is a view showing an advertiser offer and an applicationdatabase.

FIG. 16 is a flow chart showing steps from promotion participation of ascoring server to an acquisition of user posting data, acquisition ofdata, registration of reports, re-creating scores, and acquisition ofpromotion data.

FIG. 17 is a report on advertiser promotion results.

FIG. 18 is a posting view showing an information diffusion screen (shareassistance function).

FIG. 19 is an example of a subscriber score recalculation table.

FIG. 20 is a tag view for subscribers.

FIG. 21 is an overall flow diagram of the scoring server according toEmbodiment 1.

FIG. 22 is a data flow diagram of basic scoring.

FIG. 23 is a data flow diagram of content provision (benefit to offer).

FIG. 24 is a data flow diagram of re-creating scores.

FIG. 25 is a functional block diagram of a scoring server according toEmbodiment 2.

FIG. 26 is a flow diagram relating to the viewing of benefits to offer,of the scoring server according to Embodiment 2.

FIG. 27 is an example view of an advertiser's offer creation accordingto Embodiment 3, in which (1) is an example view for narrowing downtargets showing contents, and (2) is an example view for narrowing downthe number of targets.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail belowwith reference to the drawings. The present invention is not limited tothe following embodiments and examples shown in the figures, and manymodifications and variations are possible.

Embodiment 1

FIG. 1 shows a functional block diagram of the scoring server ofEmbodiment 1. As shown in FIG. 1, in the subscriber terminal 2,

1) when the subscriber registration is performed, the subscriberinformation is stored in the scoring server 1.

2) Based on the registered subscriber information the scoring server 1requests usage data regarding the subscriber 2 from the SNS server 3.

3) The scoring server 1 obtains usage data from the SNS server 3.

4) The scoring server 1 performs scoring of information communicativity.

The content provision terminal 4 transmits data on the search conditionto the scoring server 1.

5) The content provision terminal 4 performs a target search.

6) The search result is transmitted from the scoring server 1 to thecontent provision terminal 4 and the content provision terminal 4obtains a target list.

7) The content provision terminal 4 pertains content registration to thescoring server 1 based on the acquired target list.

8) Content is distributed from the scoring server 1 to the targetedsubscriber terminal 2. If the subscriber 2 accepts or does not acceptthe content,

9) feedback data regarding content acceptance is sent to the scoringserver 1.

10) The scoring server 1 performs scoring of information communicativityregarding content acceptance.

11) When the subscriber 2 evaluates the content, feedback data regardingthe evaluation is sent to the scoring server 1.

12) The scoring server 1 performs scoring of information communicativityregarding content evaluation.

13) The evaluation regarding the content is sent by notification fromthe scoring server 1 to the content provision terminal 4.

The subscriber 2 makes a content introduction post to the SNS server 3via the scoring server 1.

14-1) Specifically, the subscriber 2 transmits data on the contentintroduction post to the scoring server 1, and

14-2) further, data regarding content introduction post is transmittedfrom the scoring server 1 to the SNS server 3. This is done by sendingdata about the post.

15) The scoring server 1 performs scoring of information communicativityregarding content introduction posting.

16) The scoring server 1 acquires usage data and acquires it as feedbackdata. The usage data here includes the response to the post.

FIG. 2 shows a system configuration diagram of the scoring server ofEmbodiment 1. As shown in FIG. 2, the scoring server 1 reaches asubscriber terminal 2, an SNS server 3, and a content provision terminal4 via the network 5. The scoring server 1 is provided with a database 1a.

The subscriber terminal 2 comprises a subscriber terminal 21 and asubscriber terminal 22. The SNS server 3 includes an SNS server 31 andan SNS server 32. The SNS server 31 is provided with a database 31 a.Further, the SNS server 32 is provided with a database 32 a. The contentprovision terminal 4 includes a content provision terminal 41 and acontent provision terminal 42.

The subscriber terminal 21 is a notebook PC, and the subscriber terminal22 is a smartphone. Further, the content provision terminal 41 is adesktop PC, and the content provision terminal 42 is a tablet terminal.Note that the scoring server 1, the subscriber terminal 2, the SNSserver 3, and the content provision terminal 4 are connected by a wiredor wireless network.

The type of subscriber terminal is not limited to a notebook PC and asmartphone, and a wide range of devices such as a desktop PC and atablet terminal can be used. Similarly, the type of content provisionterminal is not limited to the desktop PC and the tablet terminal, and awide range of devices such as a notebook PC and a smartphone can beused.

Further, the number of subscriber terminals and content provisionterminals is not limited to two each, and a large number of subscriberterminals and content provision terminals can be simultaneously used.Also for the SNS server 3, three or more SNS servers can be connected.

Arrows (6 a to 6 f) illustrated in FIG. 2 are images which representtransmission and reception of data. Arrow 6 a represents datatransmission and reception between scoring server 1 and subscriberterminal 21. Similarly, arrow 6 b indicates scoring server 1 andsubscriber terminal 22, arrow 6 c indicates scoring server 1 and SNSserver 31, arrow 6 d indicates scoring server 1 and SNS server 32, arrow6 e indicates scoring server 1 and content provision terminal, arrow 41f and arrow 6 f indicate data transmission and reception between thescoring server 1 and the content provision terminal 42.

FIG. 3 shows a flow chart from subscriber registration of the scoringserver of Embodiment 1 to data collection and scoring. As shown in FIG.3, first, a user who uses an SNS performs subscriber registration intothe scoring server (subscriber registration step: S11). Subscriberregistration is completed by entering the SNS registration account intothis system and registering additional information.

Next, the input subscriber data is registered in the database(subscriber data DB registration step: S12). The scoring server performsdata communication with the SNS server to acquire influence data aboutthe subscriber (information communicativity data acquisition step: S13).The influence data obtained from the SNS server is registered in thescoring server (information communicativity data registration process:S14). In the scoring server, the subscriber's influence score iscalculated (scoring step of information communicativity: S15). Theresult obtained by calculation is registered in the scoring server(calculation result registration step: S16). The scoring process of theinformation communicativity and the calculation result registrationprocess correspond to the scoring in the present specification.

FIG. 4 shows an image diagram of a subscriber registration screen on thesubscriber terminal. As shown in FIG. 4 (1), firstly, the name, thee-mail address, and the number of friends are confirmed. As shown inFIG. 4 (2), the date of birth, the address, and the married/unmarriedstatus are input. As shown in FIG. 4 (3), the occupation is set. Asshown in FIG. 4 (4), the reception area is set in a prefecture unit. Asshown in FIG. 4 (5), an offer reception genre such as a restaurant orsweets is set. As shown in FIG. 4 (6), a confirmation e-mail is sent,and a rank representing the SNS communicativity is displayed.

FIG. 5 shows an example of subscriber registration data. As shown inFIG. 5, for example, in the case of the subscriber A, information isregistered such that the name is Takeshi HARA, the birth date is Sep. 8,1972, and the occupation is a company manager. In addition, theinformation communicativity basic score is calculated to be 12,000, theaddition score by feedback is 160, the strength of category 1 is 50%,and the strength of category 2 is 20%. Although not shown, categoriesother than 1 and 2 exist, and the strength of the categories is 100% intotal. Osaka Prefecture and Hyogo Prefecture are selected as the benefitreceiving area. A restaurant, a cafe, etc. are selected as the benefitreceiving genre. Although not shown in the figure, there are pubs,sports facilities, travel, campaigns, etc. as options.

In addition, e-mail addresses are also registered. Although not shown,information such as the necessity of reception of the e-mail magazine,the marriage status such as married or unmarried, or the presence orabsence of a child are also registered.

FIG. 6 is a user posting screen, in which (1) shows an evaluationquestionnaire input screen and (2) shows a share screen. When the screenshown in FIG. 6 (1) is scrolled downward, the screen shown in FIG. 6 (2)is displayed. When the button at the lower right of the screen shown inFIG. 6 (2) is tapped, a screen that enables posting on the SNS isdisplayed as shown in FIG. 6 (3).

FIG. 7 shows an example of information communicativity basic score data.Scoring is performed using the data shown in FIG. 7.

In the case of a subscriber A, the SNS type is Facebook (registeredtrademark). As for friends, the number of friends is 1,000 and the scoreof the number of friends is 100. Regarding posts, the number of posts is20 and the number of posts score is 4. Regarding the response, thenumber of comments acquired is 20, the number of acquired comments scoreis 2, the number of likes acquired is 280, and the number of likesacquired score is 28. The number of days elapsed after the last postingis 2 days, and the score for number of days elapsed since the lastposting is ±0.

As is well known, in the SNS, information such as post information andfeedback is displayed in association with a user ID. The scoring servercounts the number of friends, the number of posts, and the number ofresponses for each customer, as described in detail below.

Formula 1 below shows how to calculate the score of subscribers. Asshown in Equation 1, the subscriber score is obtained by the sum of thebasic score and the addition score. The basic score is obtained bymultiplying the number of friends a times the coefficient X, the numberof posts β for the past 30 days times the coefficient Y, and the numberof responses γ for the past 30 days times the coefficient Z, all thesebeing calculated. Here, the number of responses means the number of“likes” and also the number of comments. Note that the coefficients X, Yand Z are fixed for all subscribers.

In addition, the addition score is calculated by a sum of feedback dataΔ representing the presence/absence of report execution after benefitexecution multiplied by a factor W and feedback data E representing thenumber of responses to share posts after benefit execution multiplied bya factor V. Note that the feedback data Δ is calculated as 1 when areport after execution of a benefit is implemented, and as 0 when it isnot implemented. The coefficients W and V are set at a fixed value forall subscribers. However, at the beginning of the subscriberregistration, regardless of the added score and the category strength,the addition score is calculated using only the basic score.Subscriber score=basic score+addition scorehere,Basic score=(α(N)×coefficient X)×(β(N)×coefficientY)×(γ(N)×coefficient Z)Addition score=(Δ1×α×coefficient W′E1×coefficient V)+(Δ2×α×coefficientW+E2×coefficient V)+ . . . +(Δn×α×coefficient W+En×coefficientV)  (Equation 1)

Also, a score calculation method different from the above method can beused. For example, Equation 2 below shows how to calculate the score ofa subscriber. As shown in Equation 2, the method of calculating thesubscriber score and the addition score is the same as the method shownin Equation 1 described above, but the method of calculating the basicscore is different.

Namely, the basic score is calculated as the sum of the number offriends α multiplied by the factor X, the number of posts β of the past30 days multiplied by the factor Y, and the number of responses γ of thepast 30 days multiplied by the factor Z. Such a difference in thecalculation method is because Formula 1 is a calculation method thatplaces stronger emphasis on the spread of information in SNS rather thanFormula 2. Thus, depending on the type of SNS, it is possible to use anappropriate calculation method.Subscriber score=basic score+addition scorehere,Basic score=(α(N)×coefficient X)+(β(N)×coefficientY)+(γ(N)×coefficient Z)Addition score=(Δ1×α×coefficient W+E1×coefficient V)+(Δ2×α×coefficientW+E2×coefficient V)+ . . . +(Δn×α×coefficient W+En×coefficientV)  (Equation 2)

Formula 3 below shows how to calculate the category strength. At thetime of feedback, the category strength N is set, and the postingfrequency by genre at the time of feedback is considered in thecalculation of the subscriber score. Specifically, +1 is added for eachpost, and the ratio of the number of specific genre posts to the totalnumber of posts in the entire genre is calculated and displayed as apercentage.N=Posts/Total posts×100  (Equation 3)

Note that, in the calculation of the subscriber score, certainconditions may be set for α, β and γ. For example, with regard to thenumber of posts β, among the number of posts in the past 30 days, thenumber of responses of each post is required to be at least m1% of thenumber of friends, or with regard to the number of responses γ, a sum ofresponses to the top m2 posts out of all the responses in the past 30days is considered to be the number of responses. Further, thecalculation method is not limited to the above method, and a calculationmethod other than the above may be used.

Among the above calculation formulas, the subscriber score of thesubscriber A is calculated as an example, using Equation 1 and Equation3. In the case wherein the number of friends α of the subscriber A is1,000, the number of posts β of the past 30 days is 20, the number ofresponses of the past 30 days is 300, the coefficient X is 0.1, thecoefficient Y is 0.2, the coefficient Z is 0, the coefficient W is 0.1,the coefficient V is 0.2, the feedback data Δ1 is present, and thefeedback data E1 is 30, the subscriber score of the subscriber A is asshown in Equation 4 below. Note that the category strength of thesubscriber A is one posting for category 1 in the total number ofpostings.The subscriber score of the subscriberA=(1,000×0.1)×(20×0.2)×(300×0.1)+(1×1,000×0.1)+(30×0.2)=(100×4×30)+100+6=12,106  (Equation4)

Next, the subscriber score of the subscriber A is calculated usingEquation 2 and Equation 3. In the case wherein the number of friends aof the subscriber A is 1,000, the number of posts β for the past 30 daysis 20, the number of responses γ for the past 30 days is 300, thecoefficient X is 1, the coefficient Y is 2, the coefficient Z is 1, thecoefficient W is 1, the coefficient V is 2, the feedback data Δ1 ispresent, and the subscriber score of the subscriber A becomes the one asshown in the numerical equation 5 below when the feedback data E is 30.Note that the category strength of the subscriber A is one posting forcategory 1 in the total number of postings.The subscriber score of the subscriberA=(1,000×1)+(20×2)+(300×1)+(1×1,000'1)+(30×2)=1,000+40+300+1,000+60=2,400  (Equation5)

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing steps from the offer registration, thedisclosure, and through the application of the scoring server of theEmbodiment 1. As shown in FIG. 9, the advertiser offer registration isperformed (the advertiser offer preparation and registration process:S21). Next, the target is narrowed (the offer delivery target narrowingstep: S22). The offer is presented to the subscriber (the subscriberpresenting process of the offer: S23). A subscriber applies for an offer(the offer application process: S24). Also shown is registration of theoffers for subscribers and the applications by subscribers(offer/application DB registration step: S25).

FIG. 10 shows the advertiser offer registration data. As shown in FIG.10, settings for benefit offer contents (benefit invitation content) andnarrowing by benefit offerer (benefit invitees) are registered.Specifically, for the benefit offer content, offer date, offer timezone, number of set offer, number of people per set, offer title, offertarget content, offer price/discount rate of benefit, image registrationof benefit content, product purchase EC site URL, questionnaire items,etc. are set. In addition, as for the narrowing setting by the benefitofferer, SNS type in use, gender, occupation, married/single, SNScommunicativity, report entry rate/number of entries, questionnaireevaluation tendency, share rate/share number etc. are set.

FIG. 11 illustrates an example of an advertiser offer creation screen(setting of benefit offer content) according to Embodiment 1. As shownin FIG. 11, in setting the benefit invitation content, first, all theapplication acceptable dates are selected. Repeat setting is done bychecking. Also shown are ways to specify the entry time zone, set themonthly upper limit of groups, specify the number of people in one groupfrom the lowest to the highest, and specify the invitation title. Inaddition, the regular price, the invitation price, the discount rate,and the present (in sense of “gift”) (objects for benefits such asproducts, services, dishes) are set. Enter the regular price, theinvitation price or the contents of the present according to the checkeditems. Here, the present refers to an object of benefits such asproducts, services, and dishes. Note that the discount rate isautomatically calculated from the input value.

For example, if the advertiser is a pub and offers food and drink at a30% discount, enter the name of the pub in the item of the invitationtitle, or enter “Provide a 30% discount on food charges”, etc. Inaddition, if the advertiser is a hotel and offers a room rate of 50%discount, it is possible to enter the name of the hotel in the item ofthe invitation title, or enter “provide 10,000 yen per night room for5,000 yen” message, etc.

Here, in order to display cheap prices and the like in aneasy-to-understand manner to subscribers, a normal price and aninvitation price may be set, or only the invitation price may bedisplayed. Note that the name of the advertiser can be displayedseparately from the invitation title on the subscriber offer displayscreen shown in FIG. 13 without entering the item of the invitationtitle.

When the column for setting the discount rate is checked, for example,if the above-mentioned advertiser sets the regular price as “10,000 yen”and the invitation price as “7,000 yen” in the example of a pub, adisplay such as “30% OFF” will be set automatically. In the example ofthe hotel, if the advertiser sets the regular price to “10,000 yen” andthe invitation price to “5,000 yen”, the display such as “50% OFF” willbe set automatically.

In the setting of the narrowing-down of the benefit invitation contentand the benefit invitee, for example, although it is necessary to alwaysinput the required items such as the application available date, forexample, the non-essential items such as the repetition setting may ormay not be input. It is possible to change the setting in the scoringserver as to which items are compulsory.

FIG. 12 shows an example of an advertiser offer creation screen (targetfiltering setting) of Embodiment 1. The target filtering setting is thenarrowing setting of the benefit invitees. As shown in FIG. 12, thesetting for narrowing-down the benefit invitees is performed byspecifying the following items. The items are the type of SNS, gender,age group, occupation, married or single, SNS communicativity,designated month of birth. Here, settings can be made using therespective check boxes for including subscribers who had been invited inthe past, excluding subscribers who have a low report entry rate, orexcluding subscribers who tend to have a low questionnaire evaluation.Also, invitation conditions can be stored for the convenience of thenext search. The setting of the conditions is optional for any item, andif not set, the item becomes intended for all subscribers.

For example, the type of SNS may be Facebook (registered trademark), thegender may be male, the age group may be 30 to 45, and no designationmay be made for occupation, whether married or single, SNScommunicativity or designation of birth month. In addition, as to SNScommunicativity, it is also possible to designate based on a score of“12,000 or more”, for example, or to designate the number of benefitinvitees such as “upper 500 people”.

In addition, although not displayed here, an item allows one to narrowdown the residence location, work location, etc. of the benefit inviteeby dividing the area into certain sub-areas in advance and specifyingthe area at the time of setting.

For the above items, when a search is performed by the search button onthe lower right of the screen, the search results are displayed. In FIG.12, 204 people are extracted (selected).

FIG. 13 shows a subscriber offer display screen. The screen shown inFIG. 13 (1) and the screen shown in FIG. 13 (2) relate to differentsubscriber offers. As shown in FIGS. 13 (1) and 13 (2), in any of thesubscriber offer display screens, a benefit content, an area, arecruitment period indicating a publication date and a closing date, thenumber of recruitment groups and an application button are displayed.Further, in the screen shown in FIG. 13 (1), a range is specified notonly for the number of recruitment groups but also for the number ofpeople in one group.

In addition to the above, it is possible to display provision conditionssuch as a schedule, whether or not being accompanied by children, anaddress, and the like. In that case, the address may be linked with themap service. The above information is not disclosed to anyone other thanthe target subscribers.

The name of the advertiser can be displayed as shown in FIG. 13 (1) orcan be not displayed as shown in FIG. 13 (2).

FIG. 14 shows a subscriber offer application screen. In the screen shownin FIG. 14 (1), by scrolling downward, the screen shown in FIG. 14 (2)and further the screen shown in FIG. 14 (3) are displayed. First, in thescreens shown in FIGS. 14 (1) and (2), the detailed information of thebenefit invitation content is displayed and can be confirmed. On thescreen shown in FIG. 14 (3), one may select the date of arrival, time toenter the store and the number of participants, and then by tapping thebutton displayed on the bottom of the screen shown in FIG. 14 (3),transition is made to the final application confirmation screen (notshown), and the application is completed by tapping the applicationcomplete button.

FIG. 15 shows an advertiser offer/application information DB (database).As shown in FIG. 15, for application information of a subscriber Arecorded on the database the offer ID is “00100002”, the applicationdate is “Aug. 11, 2016”, the subscriber ID is “000023”, the subscribername is “HARA, Takeshi”, and the SNS communicativity LV is “30”, thenumber of people is “4”, the comment column is “one child”, visitdate/benefit execution date is “Aug. 25, 2016”, smoking condition is“Available”, child accompaniment condition is “Accompanied” by children.It also records contact phone numbers, addresses and e-mail addresses.

Behavior, posting, and response conducted by a subscriber afterreceiving a benefit are detected at a scoring server, which produces areport on the result, notifies the advertiser, and re-scores informationcommunicativity in the SNS.

FIG. 16 shows a flow diagram of the scoring server of Embodiment 1, withuser participation, data acquisition, report registration, re-scoring,and promotion data acquisition from the participation of promotion. Asshown in FIG. 16, first, the player participates in the promotion(subscriber's promotion participation process: S31). Then, theembodiment performs user posting (user posting process: S32). This meansthat a promotion report is created. User post data is acquired (userpost data acquisition step: S33). The embodiment creates a report onpromotion results and notification (advertiser promotion result reportcreation and notification process: S34). The information communicativityis re-scored (information communicativity re-scoring step: S35).

FIG. 17 shows an advertiser promotion results report. As shown in FIG.17, on the report detail screen, the offer name, the SNS communicativityLV (rank or level), the visit date, and the report response date aredisplayed. In addition, with regard to the degree of satisfaction, theevaluation of the customer's satisfaction, the feeling of cleanliness,and the atmosphere, such as the degree of satisfaction with the shop,food, service, and products, is displayed as graded up to five.

FIG. 18 shows an information diffusion posting screen (share assistancefunction) that the subscriber voluntarily performs after the benefitexecution. As shown in FIG. 18, the subscriber can post to the SNS to beused by tapping the link on the site provided by the scoring server.

FIG. 19 shows an example of a subscriber score recalculation table. Asshown in FIG. 19, a recalculation is performed using recalculation ID,addition date, addition subscriber ID, score before recalculation,report entry presence, report entry presence score, share post presenceafter report, share post response number after report, share postresponse number score after report, intensity added category andcategory post total number.

In this embodiment, the recalculation ID is “20001”, the addition dateis “Aug. 26, 2016”, the addition subscriber ID is “000232”, therecalculation score is “12,000”, the report entry presence is “1”, “thereport entry presence score is “100”, the share post presence afterreport is “1”, share post response number after report is “30”, theshare response number score after report is “6”, the intensity addedcategory is “+1” and the category posting total number is “1”.

FIG. 20 shows a subscriber tag display screen. As shown in FIG. 20, thesubscriber can display the score information via API from the scoringserver in the scoring server of the present embodiment by describing thedesignated tag in the SNS, blog, home page, etc. used by the subscriberhimself or herself.

Specifically, a JavaScript (registered trademark) tag is issued so thatthe subscriber can display the measured information communicativity onany website.

Subscribers can use the issued tags to display their own ability totransmit information on any website. Also, it can provide taginformation to websites that subscribers accept.

FIG. 21 shows an overall flow diagram of the scoring server ofEmbodiment 1. As shown in FIG. 21, first, basic scoring is performedbased on data registered from the subscriber terminal in the scoringserver and data obtained by the scoring server from the SNS server(S01).

Next, content provision (benefit offer) is performed from the contentprovision terminal (S02). Content provision may be performed afternarrowing down targets, or may be provided to all subscribers withoutnarrowing down targets. Here, the content may be provided before thebasic scoring of the subscriber is performed, in which case the contentcan be viewed immediately after the basic scoring.

Rescoring is performed when browsing, application or evaluation ofcontent is performed by the subscriber terminal (S03). With regard tothis content provision, re-scoring is performed each time the content isbrowsed, subscribed, or evaluated. Also, if different content isprovided, rescoring is performed each time the content is used.

Furthermore, not only the behavior of the subscriber terminal that madean application for content, etc., but also the response from the otherSNS users to the behavior of the subscriber who made the application,etc. is an element of rescoring.

In addition, not only the number of actions and responses, but also theinterest/zest of each subscriber and action characteristics can be takeninto account to enable more accurate scoring of informationcommunicativity.

It should be noted that re-scoring may be performed in response to aspecific action from a subscriber or a subscriber's friend on SNS, orre-scoring may be performed automatically regardless of the specificaction.

For example, it is possible to automatically perform rescoring everycertain period, with the number of comments within a certain period asan element of rescoring against subscriber's post regarding contents.

FIG. 22 shows a data flow diagram of basic scoring. As shown in FIG. 22,subscriber information is input (S41). Data on subscriber information istransmitted from the subscriber terminal to the scoring server (S42).The scoring server receives data on subscriber information (S43). Thescoring server sends a subscriber data usage request to the SNS server(S44). The SNS server receives a subscriber usage data request (S45).The usage data of the subscriber is transmitted from the SNS server tothe scoring server (S46). The scoring server receives subscriber usagedata (S47). Scoring of information communicativity is performed (S48).

FIG. 23 shows a data flow diagram of content provision (benefit offer).As shown in FIG. 23, first, search conditions are input in the contentprovision terminal (S101). The data related to the input searchcondition is transmitted from the content provision terminal to thescoring server (S102). The scoring server receives data on the searchcondition (S103). The scoring server extracts a search result based onthe received search condition (S104). Data on the extracted searchresult is transmitted from the scoring server to the content provisionterminal (S105). The content provision terminal receives data related tothe search result (S106).

At the content provision terminal, the benefit offer is input (S107).Data regarding the input benefit offer is transmitted from the contentprovision terminal to the scoring server (S108). The scoring serverreceives data on the input benefit offer (S109). The benefit offer isdistributed from the scoring server to the subscriber terminal (S110).At the subscriber terminal, the benefit offer is received (S111).

FIG. 24 shows a data flow diagram of rescoring. As shown in FIG. 24,first, benefit application information is input at the subscriberterminal (S201). Data on the benefit application is transmitted (S202).The scoring server receives data on the benefit application (S203).

Further, in the subscriber terminal, benefit evaluation information isinput (S204). Data on benefit evaluation is sent (S205). The scoringserver receives data on the benefit evaluation (S206). Data on benefitevaluation is transmitted from the scoring server to the contentprovision terminal (S207). The content provision terminal receives datarelated to the benefit evaluation (S208).

Furthermore, the subscriber can optionally post to the SNS, and inputspost information (S209). The input post data is transmitted from thesubscriber terminal to the SNS server (S210). The post data is receivedat the SNS server (S211). The SNS server transmits the received postdata to the scoring server (S212). The scoring server receives the postdata (S213). After the predetermined period has elapsed, rescoring ofinformation communicativity is performed (S214).

FIG. 8 is a function explanation diagram of the scoring server ofEmbodiment 1. When the subscriber 2 registers on the scoring server 1,the information communicativity of the subscriber 2 is measured based onthe usage status of the SNS platform 3. The advertiser 4 targets anadvertisement delivery destination out of a large number of subscribers,using subscriber registration information and informationcommunicativity as a search condition, and delivers an advertisement tothe browser on the subscriber 2 device. Subscriber 2 looks at theadvertisement and reacts. According to the reaction by subscriber 2,information communicativity is rescored.

In Embodiment 1, the configuration in which the target is narrowed downin the content provision terminal is shown, but it is also possible toprovide the content without narrowing down the targets.

FIG. 25 shows a functional block diagram of the scoring server ofEmbodiment 2. As shown in FIG. 25, in the subscriber terminal 2, whenthe 1) subscriber registration is performed, the subscriber informationis stored in the scoring server 1. Based on the registered subscriberinformation, the scoring server 1 2) requests usage data regarding thesubscriber 2 from the SNS server 3. The scoring server 1 3) obtainsusage data from the SNS server 3. The scoring server 1 4) performsscoring of information communicativity.

Unlike Embodiment 1, the content provision terminal 4 does not narrowdown the target, but targets all the subscriber terminals and 7)performs content registration to the scoring server 1. Content is 8)distributed from the scoring server 1 to the subscriber terminal 2. Inaddition, 7) content registration may be performed before 1) subscriberregistration in the subscriber terminal 2, for example. In this case,the content is 8) distributed immediately after the 1) subscriberregistration.

When the subscriber 2 9) browses the content, feedback data regardingthe content browsing is sent to the scoring server 1. The scoring server1 10) performs the scoring of the information communicativity forcontent browsing.

FIG. 26 shows a flow diagram of the scoring server of Embodiment 2regarding benefit offer viewing. As shown in FIG. 26, in the contentprovision terminal, a benefit offer is input (S301). The data related tothe input benefit offer is transmitted from the content provisionterminal to the scoring server (S302). The scoring server receives dataon the entered benefit offer (S303). The benefit offer is distributedfrom the scoring server to the subscriber terminal (S304). At thesubscriber terminal, the benefit offer is received (S305).

When the received benefit offer is browsed (S306) in the subscriberterminal, data regarding browsing is transmitted from the subscriberterminal to the scoring server (S307), and the scoring server receivesdata regarding browsing (S308). The scoring server performs re-scoringof the information communicativity based on the received data onbrowsing (S309).

FIG. 27 is an example of an advertiser offer creation screen accordingto Embodiment 3, in which (1) shows an example of a screen for narrowingdown content display targets, and (2) shows an example of a screen fornarrowing down target numbers. In this embodiment, unlike Embodiment 1,items for reflecting data on the interests and concerns of subscribers,the number of responses, and the like in the search are provided.

First, as shown in FIG. 27 (1), the contents display target is narroweddown. Specifically, it becomes possible to set conditions such as agerange, gender, marital status, children's presence, birth month setting,SNS information communicativity, and interest/concern. Although the SNSinformation communicativity is set to be input as the level calculatedfrom the information communicativity score here, the informationcommunicativity score itself may be an item to be input. Although itemssuch as gourmet, travel, parenting, education, politics, movies, andhealth are listed as items to be narrowed down, by interest/concern,items other than these can be set. Moreover, the item selection is notlimited to one, and multiple selections are possible. Further, thesearch conditions can also be stored by putting a check in the field forstoring the search conditions.

Here, an age range of several decades is set from 20ies to 40ies, forgender only women is set, for marital status only married is set, forchildrens' presence only primary school children are present is set. Inaddition, there is a birth month setting, and SNS informationcommunicativity is set to 3 or more. For items to be narrowed down byinterest/concern, the gourmet section is checked. As a result, thecontent display target is temporarily narrowed down.

By the above input, subscribers to be targeted are narrowed down once.As shown in FIG. 27 (2), the target number of people is 2,500, Facebook(registered trademark) users are 1,200, Twitter (registered trademark)users are 800, Instagram (registered trademark) users are 800, Line(registered Trademark) users are 2200, respectively. On the left side ofthe total number of people for each SNS, “Can be delivered to maximum3,500 people” is displayed. Here, the reason that the maximum number ofpeople that can be delivered is not the total number of all SNSs, in theevent that the SNSs used by a subscriber are not limited to one, such asin the case where a Facebook (registered trademark) user issimultaneously a Twitter (registered trademark) user, for example.

From the above target subscribers, priority is then selected to furthernarrow down the subscribers. As shown in FIG. 27 (2), items may beprioritized in order of interest/concern, order of subscribers with asmall number of delivered invitations, order of number of responses,order of SNS communicativity, by automatic selection at random or withall subscribers. Note that an invitation means a benefit offer.

For example, if the item “order of interest/concern” is selected,subscribers with high interest/concern can be extracted preferentially.By selecting the item “subscribers with a small number of invitations tobe delivered”, subscribers with a small number of invitations to bedistributed can be preferentially extracted. Similarly, a subscriberwith a large number of responses can be extracted by selecting the item“order by number of responses”, and a subscriber with a high SNScommunicativity can be preferentially extracted by selecting the item“by SNS communicativity order”. In this embodiment, the setting ofextracting 200 persons in order of interest/concern is performed.

A plurality of priority ordering items can be selected, and the numberof persons to be extracted can be set for each item. In addition,regardless of the priority, if it is desired to distribute a benefitoffer to a fixed number of subscribers, the item “automatically selectedat random” is selected. Note that if you do not want to set theabove-mentioned priority and you want to distribute benefit offers toall targeted subscribers, select the item “all subscribers”.

When the selection of the item is completed, the button “search” in thelower left of the screen is clicked to execute the search. The searchresults are displayed at the lower right of the screen, and detailedsearch results can be viewed by clicking “search results” (not shown).In the detailed search results, subscribers are displayed in order fromthe subscriber with the highest priority.

In this way, it is possible to narrow down the optimal target based onthe needs of the content provider, in ways such as narrowing down thetarget based on the interests and concerns of the subscribers anddisplaying the subscribers with the higher number of responses at higherranks.

Other Embodiments

(1) In calculating the basic score, unlike Embodiment 1, items otherthan the number of friends α, the number of postings β, or the number ofresponses γ may be provided. Conversely, basic score calculation may belimited to one or two of the number of friends α, the number of postingsβ, and the number of responses γ.

(2) In calculating the added score, an embodiment may be configured torequire API communication with the SNS server, or it may be configuredsuch that it is not necessary.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION APPLICABILITY

The present invention is useful as an advertisement system using SNS.

EXPLANATION OF SIGNS

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What is claimed is:
 1. A scoring server, the scoring servercharacterized by being connected by a network to a subscriber terminal,a social networking service (SNS) server, and a content provisionterminal, wherein the scoring server comprises: a computer; a programwhich upon execution by the computer: (a) communicates a usage datarequest to the SNS server; (b) acquires usage data from the SNS server,the usage data representing usage of the SNS by a subscriber; (c)creates a score of the subscriber's information communicativity based atleast in part on the usage data; (d) receives content from the contentprovision terminal; (e) provides at least a portion of the receivedcontent to the subscriber terminal; (f) acquires from the subscriberterminal a feedback data regarding an acceptance of the content and afeedback data regarding an evaluation of the content; (g) recreates thesubscriber's information communicativity score each time the content isprovided from the content provision terminal using the feedback dataregarding an acceptance of the content, the feedback data regarding anevaluation of the content, an action history regarding a contentintroduction posting on the SNS server, and responses to the contentintroduction posting actions on the SNS server in relation to thecontent provided to the subscriber terminal as feedback elements; and(h) notifies the content provision terminal of the recreatedcommunicativity score; thereby improving an SNS targeting functionalityaccuracy of searching SNS subscribers using the recreatedcommunicativity score.
 2. The scoring server as set forth in claim 1,wherein the score is calculated based on at least one of: a postingamount, a posting frequency, and a number of responses in one or moreSNS services provided by the SNS server.
 3. The scoring server as setforth in claim 1, wherein the action history comprises a posting andsharing action directed to the SNS server, and the one or more responsesto the action comprise reaction operations performed by friends orfollowers of the subscriber communicating to the SNS server includingone or more of: browsing, inputting comments, and sharing actions. 4.The scoring server as set forth in claim 1, wherein the score iscalculated based on actions during a predetermined period in the past.5. The scoring server as set forth in claim 1, wherein re-creating thescore comprises performing a calculation based on a number of responsesto the subscriber's actions of posting from the subscriber terminals tothe SNS service, and wherein said number of responses is provided by theSNS server.
 6. The scoring server as set forth in claim 1, whereinre-creating the score comprises performing a calculation usinginformation obtained from a questionnaire about the content provided tothe subscriber terminal.
 7. The scoring server as set forth in claim 1,wherein re-creating the score comprises performing a calculation using apresence or absence of browsing action of the subscriber terminal withrespect to contents.
 8. The scoring server as set forth in claim 1,wherein the content provision terminal filters the subscriber providingthe content based on the subscriber registration information and thescore calculated.
 9. The scoring server as set forth in claim 1, whereinre-creating the score comprises performing a calculation based on avalue for each category type of the content.
 10. The scoring server asset forth in claim 9, wherein re-creating the score comprises performinga calculation using category strengths for each category type asparameters of scoring.
 11. The scoring server as set forth in claim 1,wherein the content includes at least one of: a discount serviceoffering, a free ticket offering, or an advertisement content.
 12. Thescoring server as set forth in claim 1, wherein the program calculatesthe score, when the SNS service provided by the SNS server does notdisclose the data for calculating the subscriber's informationcommunicativity, by automatically visiting the SNS site of thesubscriber, and by reading text data, and by extracting at least one of:a number of followers, a number of friends, a posting amount, a postingfrequency, or a number of responses.
 13. The scoring server as set forthin claim 1, wherein the scoring server automatically reads the web pageof a follower by tracing the subscriber's follower link and extractsdata for calculating the subscriber's information communicativity. 14.The scoring server as set forth in claim 1, wherein the score calculatedis provided in accordance with requests from an external server.
 15. Thescoring server as set forth in claim 1, wherein a parameter of categorystrength for each category type is provided in accordance with requestsfrom an external server.
 16. The scoring server as set forth in claim 1,wherein the scoring server transmits a dedicated code generatedaccording to subscriber registration information composed of tags oralphanumeric characters to the subscriber terminal, and when there areinquiry requests from other computers, responds with the score of thesubscriber corresponding to the dedicated code, and causes othercomputers to show the score of the subscriber by communicating with thetag.
 17. A processing method suitable to be performed in an environmentwhich includes a scoring server that is connected by a network to asubscriber terminal, a social networking service (SNS) server, and acontent provision terminal, wherein the method comprises the scoringserver: (a) communicating a usage data request to the SNS server; (b)acquiring usage data from the SNS server, the usage data representingusage of the SNS by a subscriber; (c) creating a score of thesubscriber's information communicativity based at least in part on theusage data; (d) receiving content from the content provision terminal;(e) providing at least a portion of the received content to thesubscriber terminal; (f) acquiring from the subscriber terminal afeedback data regarding an acceptance of the content and a feedback dataregarding an evaluation of the content; (g) re-creating the subscriber'sinformation communicativity score each time the content is provided fromthe content provision terminal using the feedback data regarding anacceptance of the content, the feedback data regarding an evaluation ofthe content, an action history regarding a content introduction postingon the SNS server, and responses to the content introduction postingactions with respect to the SNS server in relation to the content of thesubscriber terminal as feedback elements; and (h) notifying the contentprovision terminal of the recreated communicativity score; therebyimproving an SNS targeting functionality accuracy of searching SNSsubscribers using the recreated communicativity score.
 18. Theprocessing method of claim 17, further comprising prioritizingsubscribers based on SNS communicativity and at least one of: age,gender, marital status, interests, parental status.
 19. The processingmethod of claim 17, wherein a basic communicativity score is calculatedbased on at least a number of friends, a number of posts in a specifiedtime period, and a number of responses in a specified time period, andwherein the communicativity score depends on the basic communicativityscore and the feedback elements.
 20. The processing method of claim 17,wherein a sum of responses in a specified time period to a top subset ofposts is considered to be the number of responses.